insidiousness

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• insidiousness — n. A subtle and cumulative harmfulness, especially of a disease. [WordNet 1.5] 2. the quality of being designed to entrap. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• insidiousness — index artifice, bad faith, deceit, fraud, improbity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• insidiousness — noun A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious. This lent a new insidiousness to his temptation, since her contempt would be a refuge from his own …   Wiktionary

• insidiousness — insidious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, with harmful effect. DERIVATIVES insidiously adverb insidiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin insidiosus cunning …   English terms dictionary

• Insidiousness — Insidious In*sid i*ous, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See {Sit}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• insidiousness — noun see insidious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• insidiousness — See insidiously. * * * …   Universalium

• insidiousness — in sid·i·ous·ness || ɪn sɪdɪəsnɪs n. craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness; subtle treacherousness …   English contemporary dictionary

• insidiousness — in·sid·i·ous·ness …   English syllables

• insidiousness — See: insidious …   English dictionary

• insidiousness — noun 1. subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease) • Derivationally related forms: ↑insidious • Hypernyms: ↑harmfulness, ↑injuriousness 2. the quality of being designed to entrap • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary